Sentences with phrase «wry dialogue»

The fast - paced action, wry dialogue and Constance's reflections on her chosen career combine to make Lady Cop Makes Trouble a highly satisfying adventure.»

Moonrise Kingdom Year: 2012 Director: Wes Anderson At the time of making Moonrise Kingdom, after seven features, Wes Anderson became unmistakable: white, upper - middle - class dysfunctional families deadpan wry dialogue amid meticulous mise - en - scène to an eclectic soundtrack.

Isaac, in a wonderful extended cameo, makes a meal out of the character's deceptive decorum and deliciously wry dialogue; for a few minutes, you can almost pretend you're watching some lost Coens caper, not this awkward approximation of one.

And here, in a fine story arc realized with wry dialogue and sharp insights, is a précis on the struggle between government for control of a culture that is changing.

Not exact matches

A wry response to the beer - swilling frat genre, it's also a hang out movie that lives (or dies if you're a cretin) on Stillman's witty dialogue and the smirking perfection of its cast, which features Analeigh Tipton, Aubrey Plaza, Alia Shawkat, and Adam Brody in addition to Gerwig.

Tully is a movie that is lifted on wry observations and honest dialogue.

Based on one of the early cases taken up by future Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall when he was working for the NAACP, the film proceeds without much subtlety, though with a filigree of witty dialogue and Chadwick Boseman's panache as the wry, natty young attorney.

Kaurismaki proved himself a master of simple, affectionate, minimalist portraits with little dialogue and plenty of wry, dry humor with Shadows in Paradise (1986), a story of numb service industry survivors (Kaurismaki favorites Matti Pellonpää and Kati Outinen) who stumble through a relationship without ever losing their hang - dog expression.

There's an old - fashioned playfulness to the game that manifests not just in its lack of pressure or hand - holding but in the Nintendo-esque dialogue that's entirely PG - friendly but still has flashes of wry, knowing humour.

His staccato speech patterns only underscore his wry sense of humor, and Morgan's dialogue is perfectly suited to Brühl's intense approach to the character.

She's a spy and he's a thief, but they have a shared history — and she owes him a debt that he aims to claim in this delightful historical romp, narrated to perfection by Potter with sprightly dialogue, sparkling wit, and wry humor.

Stroud writes with a fine ear for dialogue, a wry sense of humor, and a knack for describing haunted places.

The dialogue in Aces Wild is a delight — sharp and insightful, often funny and wry.

Wry humor, lively dialogue, and a compassionate take on being a single woman under a traditional mother's matchmaking thumb enliven this insightful debut.

Set in a gothic - noir universe that resembes 19th century Europe and filled with monsters, magic and strange technology, the game promises an engrossing storyline filled with wry humour and snappy dialogue as Van Helsing makes his way to Borgovia where he is to join forces with where former supernatural foes have enlisted his help to defeat a new evil.

They're terrible and the dialogue is laughable but it all adds to the game's charm and will raise a wry smirk and even a laugh or two.